Director Roman Polanski pleads for US paedophilia case to be dropped

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Thirty years after a paedophilia case forced him to flee America, the film director Roman Polanski has filed a request in Los Angeles to have charges against him dismissed.

The motion filed on behalf of Mr Polanski – now 75 and still living in self-imposed exile in France – is based on the findings of an HBO documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, released last year.

According to court documents the film reveals “a pattern of misconduct and improper communications” between the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and the judge in the director’s 1978 sex case.